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(Encyclopedia)Hjørring yörˈĭng [key], city, Nordjylland co., N Denmark. The center of an agricultural r...Lewis, Oscar
(Encyclopedia)Lewis, Oscar, 1914–70, American anthropologist, b. New York City, grad. City College of New York (B.S.S., 1936) and Columbia (Ph.D., 1940). He was a professor of anthropology at Washington Univ. (St...Medina, José Toribio
(Encyclopedia)Medina, José Toribio hōsāˈ tōrēˈbyō māᵺēˈnä [key], 1852–1930, Chilean scholar. He traveled widely in Latin America, Europe, and the United States, collecting documents relevant to Lati...J
(Encyclopedia)J, 10th letter of the alphabet, a Western European medieval development of I, with which it was formerly quite interchangeable in writing. It is pronounced as a consonant in English and often as a y i...Holy Family
(Encyclopedia)Holy Family, term referring to the child Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. In the Roman Catholic Church the feast in its honor falls usually on the first Sunday after the Epiphany. In art the theme of the Holy...Trinity Sunday
(Encyclopedia)Trinity Sunday, first Sunday after Pentecost, observed as a feast of the Trinity. It was an innovation in medieval England and spread through the Western Church in the 14th cent. The Sundays until Adv...Covilhã
(Encyclopedia)Covilhã ko͝ovēlyəNˈ [key], town, E central Portugal, in Beira Baixa. It had a famous fair in ...Calchas
(Encyclopedia)Calchas kălˈkăs [key], in Greek legend, seer whose prophecies aided the Greeks in the Trojan War. In medieval romances, he is the father of Cressida. ...Cockaigne, Land of
(Encyclopedia)Cockaigne or Cockayne, Land of both: kŏkānˈ [key], legendary country described in medieval tales, where delicacies of food and drink were to be had for the taking. The Land of Cockaygne is a 13th-c...griffin, legendary creature
(Encyclopedia)griffin, in ancient and medieval legend, creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. Its name also appears as griffon and gryphon. The griffin originated in ancient Middle Eas...Browse by Subject
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